Mark you calenders for June 30th folks because one of the greatest pair ups in the history of the blues gets a new CD. Stax Records will be re releasing a remastered version of Albert King and Stevie Ray Vaughan's "In Session" live recording. Well of course I already have the previous version but even if I have all the songs already the better versions are well better. I mean it is two of my all time three favorite blues players together (if only Buddy was there......)
If you haven't got this CD, do yourself a favor and get it but, then punch yourself for not having it in the first place.
By December 1983, guitarist Albert King was already a bona fide blues music legend with better than three decades of experience under his belt. Fellow Texas blues guitarist Stevie Ray Vaughan had just released Texas Flood, his acclaimed debut album. When the two came together in the studios of an independent Canadian television station that month, the result was musical magic.
On June 30, 2009 Stax Records – the label for which King recorded some of his most popular work during the 1960s and '70s – will reissue In Session, a live document of this musical collaboration between the veteran bluesman and the young guitarslinger. Digitally remastered and with new liner notes from Stax Records' Bill Belmont, and music journalists Lee Hildebrand and Dan Forte......
This is aGREAT GREAAT CD......
It is one of the BESt to have in any BLUEs collection!
Now since just about any SRV fan has the video from the TV show it's now time for the people to put out a UpGrade DVD from the masters!
Joe